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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis | Under obser-vation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||||||||||||||
| Adults Children under 15 Total | M. | 2 | 75 | 77 | 26 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| F. | 5 | 127 | 132 | 29 | 7 | 91 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| M. | 2 | 77 | 79 | - | 6 | 70 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 5 | 86 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 74 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| ... | 14 | 365 | 379 | 56 | 25 | 279 | 11 | 8 | |||||||
| Adults Children under 15 | M. | 2 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 1 | 53 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 1 | — | |||||||
| M. | 2 | 39 | 41 | — | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| F. | 1 | 37 | 38 | — | 1 | 33 | 4 | — | |||||||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a)). | M. | 1 | 60 | 61 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| F. | - | 45 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 1.—Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st L December* | 95 | 6.—Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 128 | ||||||||||||
| 2,—Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year | Insured | 471 | 7.—Number of persons referred to hospital for consultation | 10 | |||||||||||
| Uninsured | 1130 | 8.—Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients | Insured | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3.—Number of the above attendances at which systematical physical examinations and records were made | 963 | Uninsured | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 9.'—Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officer to the homes of patients | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| 4,—Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis | 115 | ||||||||||||||
| 10,—Numer of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes | 2230 | ||||||||||||||
| 5.—Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months | 40 | 11.—Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary | 222 | ||||||||||||
♦ Insured persons under domiciliary treatment by Insurance practitioners are excluded, even though they may attend the. dispensary at intervals for
examination or consultation.